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Disturbia proves to be a good thriller that provides some pleasant entertainment. It may not be original (which has been pointed out endlessly) but at least it offers a good time. I believe D.J. Caruso did a nice job behind the camera. He took about fifty minutes to build the story up and develop the characters before releasing the suspense. There was plenty of suspense in the last thirty minutes or so in the movie and it was more than just "gotcha" scares but actual suspense which really made the film enjoyable. The viewer really gets behind the main character so don't be surprised if you find yourself rooting out loud for Kale's survival.

The writing was also decent even if most of it felt a bit recycled. There were many plot points that were easy to figure out but this didn't damage the movie too much. Some of the dialog was really annoying though like the "You can't have a stakeout without coffee and doughnuts" line but while the lines were very corny, they were only a minor problem therefore not too damaging to the film. Also, for those expecting something like Red Eye (Widescreen Edition)or Cellular (New Line Platinum Series), look elsewhere. Those films really had the suspense going the entire film while Disturbia really only has a shocking beginning followed by forty minutes of character and story development. I'm not saying the film was boring, just not very suspenseful during those forty minutes or so. After that, Disturbia did get very exciting and it was fun to watch.

Shia LaBeouf was shockingly good as Kale. Generally, I think he's an okay actor all yet he was actually pretty convincing here along with Transformers .Read more ›

There seems to be a lot of movies like this these days about the mundane life of the suburbs (see Little Children for a great take on this). In this film, Shea Leboeuf (Transformers, Indiana Jones 4) plays a youth with a short fuse who's been confined to 3 months of home arrest for assaulting his Spanish teacher. Bored, he begins to develop a fascination with spying on neighbours and dissceting their routine lives. One neighbour in particular, might be a serial killer and Shea, along with the help of his new girlfriend, tries to unravel the mystery of whether or not the guy really is a serial killer. Although disturbingly similar to a 1989 Tom Hanks movie called "The Burbs", I found this to be thoroughly entertaining and very well acted. Highly recommended.

most horror movies are just jumpy, or ones that make you scream, but thwey aren't all that interesting. Disturbia is both. It's gorey, it's scary, and it is VERY interesting. Kale, a teenager under house arrest, finds himself being a neighbour of a seriaal killer who kills women that are 20-40, then stuffs them into a wall. all he has to do is make sure this doesn't happen again, and that the killer gets caught. the only problem is that he knwos Kale knows what he does. But also, because he went out of the distance from his house for more than 10 seconds so much, when he tries to use is to his advantege, the cops delay.